"I was born and raised in Lhasa and have lived in a courtyard on Barkhor Street. I saw myself in this play, and I have also experienced the changes reform and opening-up policy have brought about in the old town residents' lives," said Lhapa Drolma, a Lhasa resident, after watching the play Barkhor's Northern Courtyard on December 17, 2018.

A scene from the play Barkhor's Northern Courtyard. [Photo/China News Service]

On the same evening, the play, Barkhor's Northern Courtyard, a gift for the 40th anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-Up, debuted at the Lhasa Tibetan Drama Performing Arts Center in southwest China's Tibet.

Barkhor's Northern Courtyard is a play the Tibet Opera Troupe has created using real-life topics, portraying the lives of ethnic Tibetan, Chinese, and Hui residents living in Barkhor's Northern Courtyard.